Nitzberg BRIE profile (web)
Citation
The Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE), UC Berkeley. “Mark J. Nitzberg.” People page, date not stated (copyright 2026). https://brie.berkeley.edu/people/mark-j-nitzberg. Read 2026-11-06.
Bottom line
- Mark Nitzberg is Director of Technology Research at BRIE. He is also Executive Director of the UC Berkeley Center for Human-Compatible AI and Head of Strategic Outreach for Berkeley AI Research.
- He co-wrote “Solomon’s Code” and was founding chief technology officer (CTO) of Smartleaf.
Background
A people page of a UC Berkeley research center. It gives his job titles, a biography, his education and his BRIE publications. This is a profile page. His entity page lists it; no reading list does.
Key claims
- “Executive Director, Berkeley’s Center for Human-Compatible AI; Head of Strategic Outreach, Berkeley AI Research (BAIR) Lab; Director of Technology Research, BRIE”. (Job title)
- “Dr. Mark Nitzberg is a computer scientist and entrepreneur focused on the effects of AI and related technologies on our society, economy and democracy.” (Bio/CV)
- “He is co-author of Solomon’s Code — an examination of AI and how it reshapes human values, trust, and power around the world — and has published a number of pieces on AI impacts and governance.” (Bio/CV)
- “Among these, he was founding CTO of Smartleaf, which automates the management of investment portfolios at scale.” (Bio/CV)
- “Ph.D., Computer Science, Harvard University”; “B.A., Mathematics and Music Composition, University of Oregon”. (Education)
- “Governing AI: Understanding the Limits, Possibilities, and Risks of AI in an Era of Intelligent Tools and Systems”, John Zysman and Mark J. Nitzberg, “Journal Article, 2020”. (Publications)
Evidence and method
A research center’s own people page.
Limits
- No dates for his roles.
- It gives his Ph.D. field as “Computer Science”. The CHAI page gives the topic as “Computer Vision and Human Perception” (Nitzberg CHAI people page (web)).